Whoah, dude! The Merriam-Webster Word of the Day for March 23rd was, like, wayyy cool. It was, uh… uh…
Oh, yeah… copacetic! \koh-puh-SET-ik\
That means “very satisfactory”, dude. Sweeeet.
OK, yes, the word is often associated with “dudes” from the valley because of its prevalent use during various movies of the 80’s and early 90’s but its use in America goes back to the 1920’s and the early jazz era.
M-W provides this background on the word:
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A modern English translation of the full text of the Parshah with the classic commentary by Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki, 1040-1105), universally regarded as the most basic tool for understanding the meaning of the text for schoolchild and scholar alike.
Read more »The Hebrew alphabet (or "alef bet" as it is called) contains 22 letters. The Hebrew language is read from right to left as opposed to left to right for English, Spanish, and other Western languages. For example the chart below begin with alef, bet, gimel, and so on.
Read more »The Hebrew alphabet (or "alef bet" as it is called) contains 22 letters. The Hebrew language is read from right to left as opposed to left to right for English, Spanish, and other Western languages. For example the chart below begin with alef, bet, gimel, and so on.
Read more »A modern English translation of the full text of the Parshah with the classic commentary by Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki, 1040-1105), universally regarded as the most basic tool for understanding the meaning of the text for schoolchild and scholar alike.
Read more »With the launch of the site in mid-December, holidays, travelling to visit family, and getting back into the swing of work I have been slow to catch up on my “Words For Thought” articles. Monday, January 18th had a rather interesting word so I decided to write on it before catching up on the other 50+ words in the queue. So here is the MW word of the day:
noetic (noh ET ik)
of, relating to, or based on the intellect
MW provided this etymological information:
Read more »The book Kabbalah Revealed has just been translated from English to Croatian and is available in Croatia starting this week.
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"Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.”
http://thinkexist.com/quotes/h._schachtel/
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Friday, 7:37 PM
July 30, 2010
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Saturday, 7:36 PM
July 31, 2010